00:00clashes erupted in dear congo's capital kinshasa between opposition supporters and pro-government
00:06activists during a rally against president felish isekedi's plan to change the constitution
00:12police intervened forcing protesters to retreat in disarray with at least two of them injured
00:18according to local reports
00:23we can see that felish isekedi by seeking to lead us towards a change of constitution
00:29without north kivu without south kivu is in a roundabout way trying to realize this diabolical
00:36ambition of dividing our country but felix also through his plan to change the constitution
00:43and his referendum bill submitted to parliament wants to cling to power indefinitely
00:52opposition parties have joined forces in recent months to stand against president felish isekedi's
00:58attempt to change the constitution so he can run for a third time the c64 coalition called for a day
01:04of nationwide action on tuesday and hundreds took to the streets in kinshasa beneath a forest of flags
01:10bearing the colors of the main parties belonging to the movement
01:18our people who were at the front started to flee we said to ourselves but usually those people don't
01:23run away what's going on it was because the police were there protecting elements of the force of
01:29progress these people armed with machetes with sticks with the iron bars it was a carnage it was a
01:36savage people talk about haiti and all that but i've never seen anything like it
01:44tensions are running high in several other major cities around democratic republic of congo with police
01:49firing warning shows and making arrests in some areas to disperse protests called by the opposition
01:56you
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